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Offensive player of the year: QB Tyler Mahla, Sr., Springstead Why we picked him: The Eagles had the best season of any North Suncoast team, breaking school and county records while reaching the Class 6A region final. Much of the credit goes to Mahla. The senior drove a powerful offense ...Read more

BROOKSVILLE — Short-handed Hudson threw Class 3A, District 7 into a four-team tizzy with a 2-1 defeat of Nature Coast on Friday. The Cobras were without four starters, with 22-goal scorer Dominique Cirnigliaro among those a club tournament in Atlanta. “We had a lot of freshmen and sophomores out there,” ...Read more

ST. PETERSBURG — After halftime of Lakewood’s dismantling of Hudson, do-everything Spartans player Jocqui Ellison limped toward the field on crutches, his right ankle heavily taped. A sprained ankle to a key player was about the only thing that went wrong for the Spartans, however, in their Class 5A region ...Read more

For a time, Hudson couldn’t find anyone to coach its football team. The Cobras had lost 22 straight games, the roster had dwindled to a baker’s dozen or so, and no one seemed to care much for the task of reversing all of that. One ad looking for a coach ...Read more

Times’ super 7 1. Springstead (9-1, 4-0): A 41-20 win over Hernando ends the Eagles’ regular season with a nine-game win streak and the county championship. Citrus handed the Eagles their only loss this season, and Springstead hosts the Hurricanes in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. 2. ...Read more

HUDSON — Trenton Soto caught two long fourth-quarter touchdowns and finished with 199 yards receiving as Fivay took a wild 33-26 homecoming victory Friday over rival Hudson. The Cobras (6-4) are still headed to the playoffs but on a two-game losing streak and are winless in four tries against Fivay. ...Read more

Times’ super 7 1. Springstead (8-1, 4-0): The Eagles sealed their second straight district championship with a 34-21 win over Land O’Lakes. They’ll host Citrus in the first round of the playoffs after facing Hernando next week. 2. Sunlake (8-1, 3-1): The Seahawks clinched the second playoff spot in Class ...Read more

HOLIDAY — The showdown for the Class 5A, District 7 title went Anclote’s way, as the Sharks earned the first district title in the school’s five-year existence. Senior running back Willie Barrett had three touchdowns rushing and one receiving for Anclote, which will host Tarpon Springs in the ...Read more

Times’ super 7 1. Springstead (7-1, 3-0): The Eagles held Mitchell to two field goals to stay perfect in Class 6A, District 6. Springstead can win its second straight district title with a win over Land O’Lakes. 2. Zephyrhills (7-1, 4-1): The 9-Mile War between the Bulldogs and Pasco will ...Read more

HUDSON — Though their game at Anclote next week will decide a district championship, no one for Hudson was thinking about that after Friday’s 26-16 win over River Ridge. They were too busy soaking up the victory — and the playoff berth it clinched. “Playoffs” was repeated about 100 times ...Read more

HUDSON — After consecutive winless seasons in 2010 and 2011, and a below .500 record last year, Hudson’s transformation is pretty remarkable. The Cobras (5-2, 3-0) are tied for first in Class 5A, District 7 and close to locking up their first playoff spot since 2009. Coach Mark Kantor points ...Read more

And we thought last week's Grab Bag was a first-ballot Hall of Famer. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This week's Grab Bag takes last week's Grab Bag, blows air into it and pops it in the face of all other Grab Bags. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Teams of the week Sunlake won, to stay alive in the ...Read more

Times’ super 7 1. Springstead (6-1, 2-0): The Eagles will emerge from a bye week for a key matchup against district rival Mitchell, followed by a highly anticipated game against Land O’Lakes. 2. Sunlake (7-1, 2-1): The Seahawks are ranked second in 6A-6 after their 28-21 overtime win against Land ...Read more

HUDSON — Noah Siegrist ran for three touchdowns to help keep Hudson unbeaten in Class 5A, District 7. The game was closer than the score indicates. The Rams (1-7, 1-2) traded punches with the Cobras (5-2, 3-0) throughout and tied it with less than five minutes left on Glass Wilson’s ...Read more